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SMIC Joins the Big Bath of China Security Threats
Hawks in the Trump administration look to be taking advantage of the upcoming election to ramp up their list of targets.
Chips can have a military use, but so can just about anything else.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Having delivered a heavy blow to the semiconductor plans of China’s biggest technology manufacturer, the U.S. government now seems keen to knock down the nation’s biggest contract chipmaker. The action looks opportunistic.
Export restrictions placed on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. mean U.S. companies will have to apply for a license to sell some products to the Shanghai-based chipmaker.